Mexicans prefer free software – Sipse.com

This is because it can be modified and shared with users easily and economically.

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GUADALAJARA, JALISCO coordinator Technology for Learning University Center for Economic and Administrative Sciences (CUCEA), Alejandro Lopez Rodriguez noted that more than 50 percent of the Mexican use free software, and most of them have in your cell phone .

He expressed that operating system level, the use of free software is still not widespread, and today the Windows operating system is still used more.

“In countries like Mexico people as either legally or illegally for engaging in ‘piracy’, is still married to proprietary systems, Mexicans struggle to change programs and acquire new knowledge, “he said.

He said that Mozilla Firefox or the Moodle learning platform is the most widely used throughout the UdeG systems; OS Linux is a better alternative to the Windows operating system, because the latter is very expensive to maintain legally in computers. “

He stated that LibreOffice, an alternative to Microsoft Office and Android system for mobile are some examples of free software, published Notimex.

He said that there is a proprietary software, generated by companies at very high cost, which can not be changed according to user needs.

He claimed that in contrast, free software, developed by communities of people interested in contributing their knowledge to solve technological problems, can be modified, copied and shared by users and implemented economically and most This software is free.

He mentioned that a person can have his computer equipped with this software without spending money last.

She pointed out that free software is very safe and threats to it, like viruses, are almost nil and easy to spot.

• Your definition is associated with the birth of the free software movement, led by Richard Stallman and the consequent establishment in 1985 of the Free Software Foundation that puts the computer user freedom as a fundamental ethical purpose.
• It comes from the English term free software, presenting ambiguity between the ‘free’ meaning and ‘free’ associated with the word free. Why it is usually regarded as free software rather than as software that can be modified without licensing restrictions.
• In this sense we must emphasize that freedom has to do with the use and not gratuity.